What lengths have you gone to impress someone?

This ole baw jump in to a river of crocodiles and had to knuckle check a croc to stay alive.

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A TEENAGER who was mauled by a crocodile after leaping into a river at Innisfail on a so-called “dare” was witnessed “screaming and splashing the second he hit the water”.

Lee De Paauw, 18, managed to escape the jaws of a crocodile, which was believed to be up to 3m long, by punching it in the head repeatedly as a female backpacker watched on, unable to help as the attack unfolded.

British backpacker Sophie Paterson, 24, said the local teenager jumped into the Johnstone River just after midnight yesterday after earlier bragging about being able to swim in the crocodile infested waters.

“He was talking about the local creek saying ‘I can swim out’ and so we said, ‘go on then’, but we didn’t think he would do it,” she said.

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Ms Paterson said she and her friends had met Mr De Paauw a few hours earlier over drinks at the local hostel where she was staying.

“He sort of made this claim ‘I’ll swim out and back’, (and) at first we just said ‘don’t be so ridiculous’ and didn’t think he was going to go through with it,’’ she said.

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Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan said most locals would know not to jump into the Johnstone River. “Most people have got common sense ... we can’t legislate to protect dickheads, but we need to be protecting the community, public safety and our tourism reputation are priority,” he said.

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